[MR] Viking news (Fwd: [Explorator] Digest Number 557)

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Speaking of, we just listened to a lecture on the history of human language  
where the lecturer said that the singularly most important influence on 
English  as we know it was that of the Vikings (yes, I know I should say Norsemen  
...).  
 
Nancy/Ingvild
 
 

First they tracked Vikings with cod, now with  mice:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7645908.stm
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080930/sc_afp/sciencehistoryvikings_080930233727
;_ylt=Ag02TgJTdxB8yCRxsYCEToLPOrgF

...  so it seems a good thing to test some Danes  too:

http://jp.dk/uknews/article1471685.ece




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